Question 1

Dorothea Dix advocated better treatment of the mentally insane.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

How did Robert Owen first establish himself?

Accepted Answer

A)  He founded a new sect of Christianity. 
B)  He took Karl Marx's ideas and promoted communism. 
C)  He founded a model factory village in Scotland. 
D)  He worked for his father, who was serving in the U.S. Congress. 
E)  He established a farming community in Massachusetts. 
A)  He founded a new sect of Christianity. 
B)  He took Karl Marx's ideas and promoted communism. 
C)  He founded a model factory village in Scotland. 
D)  He worked for his father, who was serving in the U.S. Congress. 
E)  He established a farming community in Massachusetts.

Question 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-burned-over districts

Accepted Answer

A) made abolition a political movement 
B) group of reformed drinkers 
C) Seneca Falls Convention 
D) New England transcendentalists 
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F)tax-supported public schools
G)a vision for a perfect society
H)area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I)preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J)feminist style of dress
K)first U.S.black newspaper
L)movement against alcohol 
A) made abolition a political movement 
B) group of reformed drinkers 
C) Seneca Falls Convention 
D) New England transcendentalists 
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F)tax-supported public schools
G)a vision for a perfect society
H)area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I)preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J)feminist style of dress
K)first U.S.black newspaper
L)movement against alcohol

Question 4

At Oneida,celibacy was strictly enforced.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to Catharine Beecher,how were women supposed to influence people on an issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  Work diligently. 
B)  Get a college education. 
C)  Demonstrate peace and love. 
D)  Learn how to shoot a gun. 
E)  Show the best way to do domestic duties. 
A)  Work diligently. 
B)  Get a college education. 
C)  Demonstrate peace and love. 
D)  Learn how to shoot a gun. 
E)  Show the best way to do domestic duties.

Question 6

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Shakers

Accepted Answer

The Shakers, formally known as the Unite

Question 7

Owen promoted communitarianism so that workers received the full value of their labor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

As women began to take an active role in abolition,public speaking for women became socially acceptable to most Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Analyze the Grimké-Beecher debate over the role of women in the abolitionist movement.How did each see women's place in society? With examples,explain whose views are more realized in today's world.

Accepted Answer

The Grimké-Beecher debate was a signific

Question 10

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-"bloomer" costume

Accepted Answer

A) made abolition a political movement 
B) group of reformed drinkers 
C) Seneca Falls Convention 
D) New England transcendentalists 
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F)tax-supported public schools
G)a vision for a perfect society
H)area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I)preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J)feminist style of dress
K)first U.S.black newspaper
L)movement against alcohol 
A) made abolition a political movement 
B) group of reformed drinkers 
C) Seneca Falls Convention 
D) New England transcendentalists 
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F)tax-supported public schools
G)a vision for a perfect society
H)area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I)preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J)feminist style of dress
K)first U.S.black newspaper
L)movement against alcohol

Question 11

Common schools:

Accepted Answer

A)  had no connection to the emerging industrial economy. 
B)  were based on the idea that the elite should be educated in their own schools. 
C)  suffered from the opposition of labor unions that wanted children available to work. 
D)  existed in every northern state by the time of the Civil War. 
E)  proved to be as popular in the North as they were in the South. 
A)  had no connection to the emerging industrial economy. 
B)  were based on the idea that the elite should be educated in their own schools. 
C)  suffered from the opposition of labor unions that wanted children available to work. 
D)  existed in every northern state by the time of the Civil War. 
E)  proved to be as popular in the North as they were in the South.

Question 12

By saying all humans are "moral beings," Angelina Grimké was in a way extending what concept?

Accepted Answer

A)  John Winthrop's concept of Massachusetts as a "city on a hill." 
B)  The Second Great Awakening idea that people had to choose whether they wanted salvation. 
C)  John Locke's idea that all men had natural rights. 
D)  Thomas Jefferson's concept that the United States was an "empire of liberty." 
E)  Thomas Paine's belief that the American colonies could win their independence. 
A)  John Winthrop's concept of Massachusetts as a "city on a hill." 
B)  The Second Great Awakening idea that people had to choose whether they wanted salvation. 
C)  John Locke's idea that all men had natural rights. 
D)  Thomas Jefferson's concept that the United States was an "empire of liberty." 
E)  Thomas Paine's belief that the American colonies could win their independence.

Question 13

Mob attacks and attempts to limit abolitionists' freedom of speech convinced many northerners that slavery was incompatible with the democratic liberties of white Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-common schools

Accepted Answer

A) made abolition a political movement 
B) group of reformed drinkers 
C) Seneca Falls Convention 
D) New England transcendentalists 
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F)tax-supported public schools
G)a vision for a perfect society
H)area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I)preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J)feminist style of dress
K)first U.S.black newspaper
L)movement against alcohol 
A) made abolition a political movement 
B) group of reformed drinkers 
C) Seneca Falls Convention 
D) New England transcendentalists 
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F)tax-supported public schools
G)a vision for a perfect society
H)area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I)preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J)feminist style of dress
K)first U.S.black newspaper
L)movement against alcohol

Question 15

The ________ was established in hopes of making abolitionism a political movement.

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberty Party 
B)  Whig Party 
C)  North Star Party 
D)  Republican Party 
E)  Afro-American Party 
A)  Liberty Party 
B)  Whig Party 
C)  North Star Party 
D)  Republican Party 
E)  Afro-American Party

Question 16

The first to apply the abolitionist doctrine of universal freedom and equality to the status of women:

Accepted Answer

A)  were the Grimké sisters. 
B)  was Frederick Douglass. 
C)  was Susan B. Anthony. 
D)  were Henry Stanton and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
E)  was James G. Birney. 
A)  were the Grimké sisters. 
B)  was Frederick Douglass. 
C)  was Susan B. Anthony. 
D)  were Henry Stanton and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
E)  was James G. Birney.

Question 17

How did the abolitionists link themselves to the nation's Revolutionary heritage?

Accepted Answer

A)  They seized on the preamble to the Declaration of Independence as an attack against slavery. 
B)  They cracked the Liberty Bell to signify that the bonds of liberty were breaking under the weight of slavery. 
C)  They used mob action, just as the revolutionaries had when they attacked such disagreeable measures as the Stamp Act. 
D)  They reminded audiences constantly that the main issue the Sons of Liberty and similar groups had invoked was liberty. 
E)  They made a heroic figure of Crispus Attucks, the African-American who died at the Boston Massacre. 
A)  They seized on the preamble to the Declaration of Independence as an attack against slavery. 
B)  They cracked the Liberty Bell to signify that the bonds of liberty were breaking under the weight of slavery. 
C)  They used mob action, just as the revolutionaries had when they attacked such disagreeable measures as the Stamp Act. 
D)  They reminded audiences constantly that the main issue the Sons of Liberty and similar groups had invoked was liberty. 
E)  They made a heroic figure of Crispus Attucks, the African-American who died at the Boston Massacre.

Question 18

What was the purpose of the bloomer?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was designed to make single women more physically attractive. 
B)  It was functional clothing that made work less restrictive. 
C)  It was made for stage performances in New York. 
D)  It was military garb for Union soldiers. 
E)  It was clothing for religious ceremonies. 
A)  It was designed to make single women more physically attractive. 
B)  It was functional clothing that made work less restrictive. 
C)  It was made for stage performances in New York. 
D)  It was military garb for Union soldiers. 
E)  It was clothing for religious ceremonies.

Question 19

Which statement about the Shakers is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  They practiced "complex marriage." 
B)  They received their name from a crazy dance they performed during high-society parties. 
C)  They hoped to create a model factory town. 
D)  They believed that women were spiritually equal to men. 
E)  They openly discussed sexual relations. 
A)  They practiced "complex marriage." 
B)  They received their name from a crazy dance they performed during high-society parties. 
C)  They hoped to create a model factory town. 
D)  They believed that women were spiritually equal to men. 
E)  They openly discussed sexual relations.

Question 20

The Declaration of Sentiments stated,"He has created a false public sentiment,by giving to the world a different code of morals for men and women,by which moral delinquencies which exclude women from society,are not only tolerated but deemed of little account in man." Which of the following is an example of this sentiment?

Accepted Answer

A)  A woman could not work as a lawyer while a man could. 
B)  Women were not allowed to vote while many men could. 
C)  A woman who committed adultery was ostracized more than a man who did this same act. 
D)  It was frowned upon for a woman to be in the leadership role of an abolitionist society. 
E)  Women were denied admission to Harvard University. 
A)  A woman could not work as a lawyer while a man could. 
B)  Women were not allowed to vote while many men could. 
C)  A woman who committed adultery was ostracized more than a man who did this same act. 
D)  It was frowned upon for a woman to be in the leadership role of an abolitionist society. 
E)  Women were denied admission to Harvard University.

Exam 12: An Age of Reform,1820-1840

Dorothea Dix advocated better treatment of the mentally insane.

How did Robert Owen first establish himself?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -burned-over districts

At Oneida,celibacy was strictly enforced.

According to Catharine Beecher,how were women supposed to influence people on an issue?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Shakers

Owen promoted communitarianism so that workers received the full value of their labor.

As women began to take an active role in abolition,public speaking for women became socially acceptable to most Americans.

Analyze the Grimké-Beecher debate over the role of women in the abolitionist movement.How did each see women's place in society? With examples,explain whose views are more realized in today's world.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -"bloomer" costume

Common schools:

By saying all humans are "moral beings," Angelina Grimké was in a way extending what concept?

Mob attacks and attempts to limit abolitionists' freedom of speech convinced many northerners that slavery was incompatible with the democratic liberties of white Americans.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -common schools

The ________ was established in hopes of making abolitionism a political movement.

The first to apply the abolitionist doctrine of universal freedom and equality to the status of women:

How did the abolitionists link themselves to the nation's Revolutionary heritage?

What was the purpose of the bloomer?

Which statement about the Shakers is true?

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Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

Slavery,Freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

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Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War,1861-1865

What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s Boundaries,at Home and Abroad,1890-1900

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Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I,1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties,1920-1932

The New Deal,1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II,1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War,1945-1953

An Affluent Society,1953-1960

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